Patagonia, Chile

I took this photo in Villa O'Higgins, a remote town in southern Chile, during my bicycle trip through Patagonia. I arrived at this place after I had been riding my bicycle for two weeks. At the end of an exhausting day I went for a stroll and came across a lookout. As a storm was developing, I saw a beam of light breaking through the clouds. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it was a peaceful and magical moment. —Feliciano Ripa

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It's a good photographic angle and very well made ... congratulations, but then to the mystical no ... simply this is seen daily in the big cities, but because of our occupations not detail these great moments ... be happy and look beyond what we can see ... paradigms.

This picture is amazing! This is one of the best pictures I have seen on photo of the day! You were really lucky to just happen to see this with your camera. I absolutely love how you can see the rays of sun heading for the ground.

An amazing picture, to me and most everyone else I loved the single beam shinning down, and how the rest of the surroundings are in the black shadow of the clouds making the light more intense. I also really liked that the clouds in the distance have fogged up the back ground.